Glossary
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Occupation
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Occupation
“Occupation” means any employment, business, calling or pursuit. Source: Nova Scotia Offshore Petroleum Occupational Health & Safety Requirements, Canada-Nova Scotia Offshore Petroleum Board, Canada, December 2000. RegulationsMoving Equipment
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Moving Equipment
For the purpose of this section, “moving equipment” includes mobile equipment, cranes and moving loads on materials handling equipment. Source: Nova Scotia Offshore Petroleum Occupational Health & Safety Requirements, Canada-Nova Scotia Offshore Petroleum Board, Canada, December 2000. RegulationsMedical Clinic
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Medical Clinic
In this Part, “medical clinic” means a medical consultation and treatment facility that is in the charge of a medic or a physician. Source: Nova Scotia Offshore Petroleum Occupational Health & Safety Requirements, Canada-Nova Scotia Offshore Petroleum Board, Canada, December 2000. Regulations Source: Oil and Gas Occupational Safety and Health Regulations, SOR/87-612, Canada, current to April 29, 2013. RegulationsMaximum Temperature
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Maximum Temperature
“Maximum temperature” means the temperature set out in the record referred to in section 5.13. Source: Nova Scotia Offshore Petroleum Occupational Health & Safety Requirements, Canada-Nova Scotia Offshore Petroleum Board, Canada, December 2000. RegulationsMaximum Temperature
“Maximum temperature” means the maximum temperature set out in the record referred to in section 6.12; température maximale. Source: Oil and Gas Occupational Safety and Health Regulations, SOR/87-612, Canada, current to April 29, 2013. RegulationsMaterials Handling Equipment
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Materials Handling Equipment
“Materials handling equipment” means equipment used to transport, life, move or position materials, goods or things and includes mobile equipment but does not include an elevating device. Source: Nova Scotia Offshore Petroleum Occupational Health & Safety Requirements, Canada-Nova Scotia Offshore Petroleum Board, Canada, December 2000. Regulations Source: Oil and Gas Occupational Safety and Health Regulations, SOR/87-612, Canada, current to April 29, 2013. RegulationsMaterials Handling Area
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Materials Handling Area
“Materials handling area” means an area within which materials handling equipment may create a hazard to any person. Source: Nova Scotia Offshore Petroleum Occupational Health & Safety Requirements, Canada-Nova Scotia Offshore Petroleum Board, Canada, December 2000. Regulations Source: Oil and Gas Occupational Safety and Health Regulations, SOR/87-612, Canada, current to April 29, 2013. RegulationsMarine Installation or Structure
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Marine Installation or Structure
“Marine installation or structure” means a marine installation or structure as defined in subsection 157(1) of the Act, as amended. Source: Nova Scotia Offshore Petroleum Occupational Health & Safety Requirements, Canada-Nova Scotia Offshore Petroleum Board, Canada, December 2000. RegulationsManufactured Article
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Manufactured Article
“Manufactured article” means any article that is formed to a specific shape or design during manufacture, the intended use of which when in that form is dependent in whole or in part on its shape or design, and that, under normal conditions of use, will not release or otherwise cause a person to be exposed to a controlled product. Source: Nova Scotia Offshore Petroleum Occupational Health & Safety Requirements, Canada-Nova Scotia Offshore Petroleum Board, Canada, December 2000. Regulations Source: Oil and Gas Occupational Safety and Health Regulations, SOR/87-612, Canada, current to April 29, 2013. RegulationsLevel Two First Aid Attendant
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Level Two First Aid Attendant
a qualified person who is the holder of valid certificates issued for the successful completion of either an advanced first aid course of at least five days duration or a mariners first aid course of at least five days duration, and in cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR). Source: Nova Scotia Offshore Petroleum Occupational Health & Safety Requirements, Canada-Nova Scotia Offshore Petroleum Board, Canada, December 2000. RegulationsLevel Two First Aid Attendant
“Level two first aid attendant” means a qualified person who is the holder of a valid certificate issued by an approved organization for the successful duration of a mariners first aid course of at least five days duration, and who has successfully completed training in a cardio-pulmonary resuscitation course as set out in the Canadian Heart Foundation's Basic Life Support, Cardio-Pulmonary Resuscitation Standard, dated April 1987. Source: Nova Scotia Offshore Petroleum Occupational Health & Safety Requirements, Canada-Nova Scotia Offshore Petroleum Board, Canada, December 2000. RegulationsLevel One First Aid Attendant
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Level One First Aid Attendant
“Level one first aid attendant” means a qualified person who is the holder of a valid certificate issued by an approved organization for the successful completion of either an emergency first aid course of at least one day duration or a standard first aid course of at least two days duration. Source: Atlantic Canada Offshore Petroleum Industry, Standard Practice for the Training and Qualifications of Personnel, 2013, Canadian Association of Petroleum Producers, Global Standards Source: Nova Scotia Offshore Petroleum Occupational Health & Safety Requirements, Canada-Nova Scotia Offshore Petroleum Board, Canada, December 2000. RegulationsHigh Potential Incident
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High Potential Incident
“High potential incident” means an incident not causing loss or damage but, under different circumstances would result in an accident. Source: Nova Scotia Offshore Petroleum Occupational Health & Safety Requirements, Canada-Nova Scotia Offshore Petroleum Board, Canada, December 2000. RegulationsHealth
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Health
“Health” means the absence of physical disease or infirmity or mental illness arising out of, linked with or occurring in the course of employment, and, for the purposes of this definition, the effects of ordinary work place stress are not considered to be a physical disease or infirmity or mental illness. Source: Nova Scotia Offshore Petroleum Occupational Health & Safety Requirements, Canada-Nova Scotia Offshore Petroleum Board, Canada, December 2000. RegulationsHazard Information
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Hazard Information
“Hazard information” means, in respect of a hazardous substance, information on the proper and safe storage handling and use of the hazardous substance, including information relating to its toxicological properties. Source: Nova Scotia Offshore Petroleum Occupational Health & Safety Requirements, Canada-Nova Scotia Offshore Petroleum Board, Canada, December 2000. Regulations Source: Oil and Gas Occupational Safety and Health Regulations, SOR/87-612, Canada, current to April 29, 2013. RegulationsFloor Opening
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Floor Opening
“Floor opening" means an opening measuring 300 mm or more in its smallest dimension in a floor, platform, or deck. Source: Nova Scotia Offshore Petroleum Occupational Health & Safety Requirements, Canada-Nova Scotia Offshore Petroleum Board, Canada, December 2000. RegulationsFloor Opening
“Floor opening” means an opening measuring 300 mm or more in its smallest dimension in a floor, platform, pavement or yard; ouverture dans un plancher. Source: Oil and Gas Occupational Safety and Health Regulations, SOR/87-612, Canada, current to April 29, 2013. RegulationsFirst Aid Station
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First Aid Station
“First aid station” means a place, other than a first aid room or medical clinic, at which first aid supplies or equipment are stored. Source: Nova Scotia Offshore Petroleum Occupational Health & Safety Requirements, Canada-Nova Scotia Offshore Petroleum Board, Canada, December 2000. Regulations Source: Oil and Gas Occupational Safety and Health Regulations, SOR/87-612, Canada, current to April 29, 2013. RegulationsExplosive Actuated Fastening Tool
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Explosive Actuated Fastening Tool
In this Part, “explosive actuated fastening tool” means a tool that, by means of an explosive force, propels or discharges a fastener for the purpose of impinging it on, affixing it to or causing it to penetrate another object or material. Source: Nova Scotia Offshore Petroleum Occupational Health & Safety Requirements, Canada-Nova Scotia Offshore Petroleum Board, Canada, December 2000. Regulations Source: Oil and Gas Occupational Safety and Health Regulations, SOR/87-612, Canada, current to April 29, 2013. RegulationsEmergency Evacuation Plan
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Emergency Evacuation Plan
In this Part, “emergency evacuation plan” means a written plan for use in an emergency, prepared in accordance with section 17.12. Source: Nova Scotia Offshore Petroleum Occupational Health & Safety Requirements, Canada-Nova Scotia Offshore Petroleum Board, Canada, December 2000. RegulationsEmergency Evacuation Plan
In this Part, “emergency evacuation plan” means a written plan for use in an emergency, prepared in accordance with section 18.12; plan d’évacuation d’urgence. Source: Oil and Gas Occupational Safety and Health Regulations, SOR/87-612, Canada, current to April 29, 2013. RegulationsDisabling Injury
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Disabling Injury
“Disabling injury” means an employment injury or an occupational disease that- prevents an employee from reporting for work or from effectively performing all the duties connected with the employee's regular work on any day subsequent to the day on which the disabling injury occurred, whether or not that subsequent day is a working day for that employee,
- results in a loss by an employee of a body member or part thereof or in a complete loss of its usefulness, or
- results in the permanent impairment of a body function of an employee.
Declaration
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Declaration
“Declaration” means a declaration of operator as required by Section 143.1 of the Federal Accord Act and Section 136.A1 of the Nova Scotia Accord Act. Source: Nova Scotia Offshore Petroleum Occupational Health & Safety Requirements, Canada-Nova Scotia Offshore Petroleum Board, Canada, December 2000. RegulationsDanger
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Danger
“Danger” means any existing or potential practice or condition or any current or future set of circumstances that poses an unacceptably high risk with respect to causing injury or illness to a person, whether or not the injury or illness occurs immediately or results in delayed effects that are deleterious to health or safety. Source: Nova Scotia Offshore Petroleum Occupational Health & Safety Requirements, Canada-Nova Scotia Offshore Petroleum Board, Canada, December 2000. RegulationsControlled Product
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Controlled Product
“Controlled product” means any product, material or substance specified by the regulations made pursuant to paragraph 15(1)(a) of the Hazardous Products Act to be included in classes listed in Schedule II of that Act. Source: Nova Scotia Offshore Petroleum Occupational Health & Safety Requirements, Canada-Nova Scotia Offshore Petroleum Board, Canada, December 2000. RegulationsControl Device
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Control Device
In this Part, "control device" means a device that will safely disconnect electrical equipment from its source of energy. Source: Nova Scotia Offshore Petroleum Occupational Health & Safety Requirements, Canada-Nova Scotia Offshore Petroleum Board, Canada, December 2000. Regulations Source: Oil and Gas Occupational Safety and Health Regulations, SOR/87-612, Canada, current to April 29, 2013. RegulationsContracts for Work
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Contracts for Work
“Contracts for work” includes contracting to perform work and contracting to have work performed. Source: Nova Scotia Offshore Petroleum Occupational Health & Safety Requirements, Canada-Nova Scotia Offshore Petroleum Board, Canada, December 2000. RegulationsCompliance Notice
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Compliance Notice
“Compliance notice” means a response, in writing, to an order of a safety officer, describing the extent to which the person against whom the order was made has complied with each item identified in the order. Source: Nova Scotia Offshore Petroleum Occupational Health & Safety Requirements, Canada-Nova Scotia Offshore Petroleum Board, Canada, December 2000. RegulationsChief Safety Officer
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Chief Safety Officer
“Chief Safety Officer” means the person designated as the Chief Safety Officer under section 3.1; délégué à la sécurité. Source: Canada Oil and Gas Operations Act, R.S.C., 1985, c. O-7, Canada, current to April 29, 2013. LegislationChief Safety Officer
“Chief Safety Officer” means the person designated as the Chief Safety Officer pursuant to section 144; délégué à la sécurité Source: Canada-Nova Scotia Offshore Petroleum Resources Accord Implementation Act, S.C. 1988, c. 28, Canada, current to May 26, 2013. LegislationChief Safety Officer
“Chief Safety Officer” means the person designated by the Board as the Chief Safety Officer pursuant to the Accord Acts. Source: Nova Scotia Offshore Petroleum Occupational Health & Safety Requirements, Canada-Nova Scotia Offshore Petroleum Board, Canada, December 2000. RegulationsChange Room
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Change Room
“Change room” means a room that is used by employees to change from their street clothes to their work clothes and from their work clothes to their street clothes, and includes a locker room. Source: Nova Scotia Offshore Petroleum Occupational Health & Safety Requirements, Canada-Nova Scotia Offshore Petroleum Board, Canada, December 2000. Regulations Source: Oil and Gas Occupational Safety and Health Regulations, SOR/87-612, Canada, current to April 29, 2013. RegulationsBulk Shipment
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Bulk Shipment
“Bulk shipment” means a shipment of a controlled product that is contained, without intermediate containment or intermediate packaging, in- a container with a water capacity of more than 454 litres,
- a freight container, a portable tank, or a ship, or
- a pipeline.
Bulk Shipment
“Bulk shipment” means a shipment of a controlled product that is contained, without intermediate containment or intermediate packaging, in- a tank with a water capacity of more than 454 L,
- a freight container or a portable tank,
- a road vehicle, railway vehicle or ship, or
- a pipeline; expédition en vrac.